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COVID-19 Economic Response Plan – Income Tax Deadlines Have Been Extended
New tax filing and payment due dates. The due date for filing individual tax returns has been extended to June 1, 2020. Taxpayers will have until September 1, 2020, to pay any 2019 income tax amounts owed.
Read MoreWhat Happens to Student Loans in Bankruptcy?
If you have been a full- or part-time student in the seven years prior to your bankruptcy or consumer proposal, you will not be discharged from a student loan and payments will resume as soon as you are done.
Read MoreA Little Extra Time for Self-Employed People to File
Even if you cannot pay your full balance owing on or before April 30, 2018, you can avoid the late-filing penalty by filing your return on time; by June 15, 2018.
Read MoreIncome Tax Deadlines Are Coming Soon But Why Do They Matter?
Even if you cannot pay your full balance owing on or before April 30, 2018, you can avoid the late-filing penalty by filing your return on time, by April 30, 2018.
Read MoreWeek 4: Teaching Children About Money Can Mean Better Financial Literacy for the Whole Family
Life presents lots of opportunities to hone your own financial literacy skills and to help your children develop theirs. Deciding that you will share as much as possible with your kids can help you to be disciplined in making decisions and dealing with the impacts on you before you share with them, and that can be a good thing for the whole family.
Read MoreWeek 3: How Students Can Learn From Their First Big Financial Decision
Students should not be left out of financial decision making for school and should work with their budget and understand it; if they are going to learn from this important decision.
Read MoreWeek 2: How To Live In Debt To No One
Calvin Coolidge once said, “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.” I like to think what he meant by this is that when you live within your means, you can hold your head high because you are beholden to no one.
Read MoreWeek 1: How Being Comfortable Means Security and Options
There are a number of factors that play into achieving financial well-being. Some are within our control, and unfortunately, some are not. Like most things in life, we should focus our attention on the things that are in our control.
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